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ἐπῳδός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπῳδός

Structure: ἐπῳδ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)pa/|dw

Sense

  1. singing to or over, an enchanter, acting as a charm for or against
  2. sung or said after, called after
  3. a verse or passage returning, a chorus, burden, refrain

Examples

  • εἰσὶ δὲ ἐν τοῖσ ποιήμασι καὶ οἱ ἀρρενικῶσ οὕτω καλούμενοι ἐπῳδοί, ὅταν μεγάλῳ στίχῳ ἔλαττόν τι ἐπιφέρηται οἱο͂ν· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , 378)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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